Business

In the digital era, so much of your business is done online. We have created a huge library of articles that center around every digital aspect of running your business. From setting and achieving online goals to what goes on the about us page of your website, we have lots of great tips and tricks to help you make your business website work for you. Got a question? Just ask. We’re happy to answer your questions and give you direction.

The truth about guest posting

The truth about guest posts

If you have a website, there's a good chance at some point, someone will email you and ask if they can contribute a guest post. If you're like me, you'll...
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Do referral based businesses need a website?

I was talking to someone the other day who has a great business, has been doing it for a while and is super busy with work. By all means a...
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Online Ethics & Social Media: What you need to know

Being online now is more challenging than ever. There are so many different places you can post content. Aside from posting on your website or blog, you can also post...
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Getting Content is Important and Often Difficult

Your website needs content. And it needs great content. If you're a business owner, most of the time when someone lands on your website, it's not because they clicked on...
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Accepting Credit Cards online is not as hard as you may think

When someone comes to me with a website that needs e-commerce, one of the first few questions I ask them is, "How would you like to accept payments?" One of...
Website Pyschology

The subtle psychology of a good website

I've heard there are people who think making websites is easy, that it doesn't require a particular strategy or a lot of skills and that you can use a DIY...
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Facebook Messenger on your website

I'm an admin on a lot of different Facebook pages. One thing I've noticed over the last year is that more and more people are contacting businesses via Facebook messenger....
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Webinar: How to Automate Your Business and Double Its Efficiency

If you follow this blog much, you'll know that I sometimes write about automation. Automation is using technology to perform business processes, which can streamline efficiency and increase productivity. For...
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Prevention of COVID-19 in workspaces

We are extremely fortunate at at Sumy Designs to be able to work from home, but we understand that working from home isn’t an option for some of our clients....
Website Accessibility

Accessibility Realities for Websites

Recently I had a client come to me asking about ADA compliance for their website. If you haven't noticed, accessibility is a hot topic in the web design and development...
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Moving your business online during COVID: A case study

I'd like to introduce you to my friends at Dope Yogi. Dope Yogi started as a yoga blog by two yoga teachers who wanted to share their love of yoga...
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A few strategies to help your business survive the recession

This global pandemic is overwhelming and, as small business owners, we understand the importance of protecting your business during this economic recession. This is scary and worrisome time for everyone...
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Impacting Lead Generation

Figuring out how to generate prospective customers who have a bona fide need or want for your products or services isn’t always easy and there are a lot of lead...
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Your Business and Social Distancing

While we're all dealing with the ramifications of Coronavirus, many of our clients are figuring out how to continue to run their businesses while social distancing, if not completely shutting...
Online Scheduling

How to add online scheduling to your business website

It's 2020. If you aren't offering online scheduling, you are missing out on a lot of potential business. It's not that hard and doesn't cost that much, but provides a...
Answer your users questions

Questions your website should answer

When it comes to having a website that is successful, there's so much more to it than just having a website and putting some information on it. There's more to...
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Add a blog to your website in 2020

I know it's a little late for a New Year's Resolution, but instead of a resolution, I want you to consider the benefits to your business if you add a...
Automate Social Sharing

Neat tricks to automate sharing your blog posts

Automation is a little side hobby of mine. I like to create automations that make my life easier. One of the things I automate is sharing my blog posts. I...
Writing Website Copy

How to write great copy for your website

On almost every website project, the longest part of the process for the business owner is creating the content that will go on the website. You may think you know...
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You (probably) only need one website!

More often than I'd like, I talk to a business owner who it turns out, has more than one website. There are a lot of reasons for this. The most...
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Small Business Website Needs

The small business website is the number one focus of our business at Sumy Designs, and we consider ourselves experts in the field. As someone who has been working with...